[linux-audio-dev] XAP Time/Transport - varispeed/shuttle

David Olofson david at olofson.net
Sat Dec 21 12:25:00 UTC 2002


On Friday 20 December 2002 17.20, Tim Hockin wrote:
[...]
> > I think it's too much to ask for plugin writers to manage
> > seeking.  Instead the transport should do it by prerolling some
> > distance at faster than realtime (playback buffers are thrown
> > away as they are generated).
>
> eww, the seeking needs to be instantaneous, and unless you suggest
> supporting infinite tempo (forward and backward)...

That wouldn't work anyway, since the things that depend on SEEK (and 
SPEED) are generally not related to musical time, but rather wall 
clock time, calculated from audio time. (That's why you need SPEED at 
all for FFWD.)


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